Hanger for coiled wire bound tablets



Nov. 28, 1939. MacDONNELL 2,181,662

HANGER FOR COILED WIRE BOUND TABLETS Filed June 25, 1937 INVENTOR I Q5/7625 9. 9! Dam/W544,

TTORNEY' Patented Nov. 28, 1939 UNITED STATES HANGER FOR COILED WIRE BOUND TABLETS James A. MacD onnell, Springfield, Mo., assignor to Springfield Tablet Manufacturing Company,

Springfield, Mo.

Application June 25, 1937, Serial No. 150,397

4 Claims.

My present invention has to do with improvements in the type of coiled wire bound tablet illustrated and described in Patent #1,5l6,932 granted November 25th, 1924, and in some respects to means for preventing coiled wire bindings from Working out of such tablets, such for instance as that illustrated and described in Patent #1942,- 026 granted January 2nd, 1934, and others along the same lines. However, my present invention diifers and is an improvement upon all others of which I am aware in that I provide in conjunction with a coiled Wire binding for tablets and the like a hanger which may be located at any point in the coil of wire and with reference to the tablet which it binds, and which serves a dual purpose of forming a stop or lock to prevent the coiled wire from working out of the tablet.

More particularly my invention relates to the provision in conjunction with a coiled wire binding of an eye or circular or otherwise shaped loop which is integral with or substantially integral with the coiled wire binding. This eye or loop may be at one end of the coiled wire binding in which case it finds special use in conjunction with grocers tablets or notebooks or in conjunction with any tablet or notebook which is ordinarily hung up by one corner on a nail or the like fastened to a wall or the like. may be formed at both ends of the coiled wire so that the book, tablet or notebook, may be hung up at either corner, and it is pointed out that where I form an eye or loop at both ends, the loop or eye itself forms a loop or stop to prevent the coiled wire from working out of the notebook or tablet. Where my eye or loop is formed intermediate the ends of the coiled wire it also serves as a stop or look to prevent the coiled wire from working out of the book, and the intermediate or between-ends position of my eye or loop forming the hanger is especially adaptable for calendars, time tables, charts, and bound note books or the like. Furthermore in the oneend eye or loop forming the hanger any means of locking the remaining end of the coil may be used so that the loop or eye forms an element of the stop or look for the coiled wire. My eye or circular loop is very simply formed, and can be easily made after the wire binding of the tablet or'note book or the like is inserted. It is ordinarily integral and a part of the coiled wire construction and in no Wat interferes with the operation of the binding, and lends toward a more practical, ideal and useful article which can be manufactured and sold at substantially the same price as a conventional coiled wire binding.

Or the eye or loop" Broadly stated my eye or loop can be positioned at any point on a coiled wire binding, between any of its turns, and at either or both of its ends and it does not interfere with the flat opening of the tablet or book-a much desired feature with stenographic notebooks and the like, and will not get in the way or present any rough or unprotected edges or points which would be a disadvantage in this type of article. Neither does the use of my eye or loop forming the hanger require any intricate modification of the structure of the tablet or note book or the like used with this form of binding.

While I have endeavored to point out some of the uses and advantages of my invention in the foregoing paragraphs, it will be understood that my eye or loop is adaptable to any uses to which it may ordinarily be put, and that while I have described its conformation as circular it may be oval, rectangular or any other shape or form suitable for the purpose, and changes may be made in location, construction, formation and form and disposition of parts to conform to dictates of practice provided such changes fall within the purview of what is claimed.

In the drawing wherein I have illustrated the form and. application of my hanger:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the type used at one end of a notebook or tablet such as a grocers tablet;

Figure 2 is an enlarged vertical elevation thereof Figure 3 is a side View of my hanger applied to both ends of a note book or tablet;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the hanger when located intermediate the ends of the coiled wire binding;

Figure 5 is an edge View of the eye used at the ends of a notebook or tablet, and

Figure 6 is an edge view of the type of eye used with the hanger located between the ends of the wire binding.

In the drawing wherein like characters of reference are used to designate like or similar parts throughout the several views:

The numeral l designates a coiled wire binding, and 2 a tablet, notebook, or other leafed article to be bound by the binding and which is provided with suitable perforations or openings 3 to receive the coils of the coiled wire binding. As shown 2a represents the covers of the tablet or notebook or the like, and 2b the filler. As shown in Figure 1, the end of the coiled wire binding I is provided with a circular eye or loop which is designated 4 and is here shown as comprising preferably two turns (although more or less may be used) and is positioned to be in the same plane as the tablet or book so that the book may be handily hung up on a nail or the like shown in dotted lines at 5. An edge view of this form of eye or loop is shown also in Figure 5. In Figure 3 is shown a similar form of eye or loop at both ends of the tablet 2, and it is pointed out especially with this form that no end stop or lock (such as an inward turn or the like) is necessary to hold the coiled wire binding in the tablet or book since the eyes or loops serve that purpose. formed between two intermediate coils of the coiled wire binderpreferably midway between its ends. Ordinarily a tablet or note book or calendar or the like using this form of hanger would have an end binding. In this case the tablet is cut out at the hanger as shown at 6, but it is pointed out that by disposing the eye or loop above the coiled wire binding-that it is out of line with the bound edge of the tablet or the like will eliminate the necessity of cutting the book or tablet as at E. The eye or loop is simply formed between any coil of the binding by taking a turn (or more than one turn if desired) at right angles to the plane of the coil as shown in Figure 6 so that the position of the hanger is as shown in Figure l. It is to be understood that the intermediate hanger may be located between any of the coils of the binding between its ends and that the end hanger may be located at eitheror both ends, or that either or both end hangers may be used with an intermediate hanger if desired, and that the hanger may be of any desired shape or form and may be used with any form of tablet, notebook, or the like adapted to be bound with a coiled wire binding.

it is believed that the operation and construction of my invention will be apparent fromthe In Figure 4 is shown my eye or loop foregoing, but it is again emphasized that the scope of my inventive concept should only be determined by reference to the claims appended hereto.

I claim:

'1. The combination in a coiled wire bound notebook or the like, of a closed circularly looped portion having its axis different from that of the coils of the binding and formed from a part of the wire of the binding and located between any two coils of the binding and functioning as a hanger therefor.

2. The combination in a coiled wire bound notebook or the like, of a closed circularly looped portion having its axis different from that of the bindingand formed from a part of the wire of the binding and located substantially midway between the ends of the binding and functioning as a hanger therefor. I

3. The combination with a notebook or the like and a coiled wire binding therefor, said notebook having a cut away portion in its bound edge between the corners thereof, of a looped portion in. the binding located in the cut away part of the notebook and functioning as a hanger therefor.

i. A combined hanger and binder for tablets and the like of the type commonly termed spiral bound tablets, comprising a length of uniformly coiled wire engaged in perforations in the tablet and constituting a binder therefor, said wirehaving another coiled part between its ends, and between the loops of any of the coils first mentioned, said latter coiled part lying in substantially the-same plan as the first mentioned coils but having an axis different from the axes of the first mentioned coils, said coiled part constituting a hanger for the tablet or the like.

JAMES A. MACDONNELL. 

